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| Location | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso |
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| Founded | 1969 |
| Website | FESPACO |
The Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (French: Festival panafricain du cinéma et de la télévision de Ouagadougou, or FESPACO) is a film festival in Burkina Faso, held biennially in Ouagadougou, where the organization is based. It accepts for competition only films by African filmmakers and chiefly produced in Africa. FESPACO is scheduled in March every second year, two weeks after the last Saturday of February. Its opening night is held in the Stade du 4-Août, the national stadium.
The festival offers African film professionals the chance to establish working relationships, exchange ideas, and to promote their work. FESPACO's stated aim is to "contribute to the expansion and development of African cinema as means of expression, education and awareness-raising". It has also worked to establish a market for African films and industry professionals. Since FESPACO's founding, the festival has attracted attendees from across the continent and beyond.[1]
- ^ Fiche Technique du FESPACO (2003). FESPACO: Fiche Technique. Retrieved 03/26/2006 from "Fiche Technique du FESPACO". Archived from the original on 10 July 2004. Retrieved 28 April 2006.